mid-20s couple looking to leave
Hello all, my boyfriend (25M) and I (23F) are looking to move out of the US for the medium to even long term. We would appreciate any help or guidance!! The information below is ordered as my boyfriend’s info then mine: - Education (both Ivy League): BS Computer Science | BA Public and International Affairs + East Asian Studies (minor) - Work experience: 2.5 yrs as a software engineer (graphics focused but transitioning into full stack) at a small company with no intl presence | 1.5 yrs at a major global consulting firm with offices around the world but bulk of experience is in the US defense space which may be limiting - I also have experience with R and Tableau, if that’s worth anything, and would be open to learning most technical skills if need be. Lots of part-time experience during undergrad in tutoring, college admissions, non-profits + research and analysis (and barista lol). - Finances: between the two of us we have ~$60k saved, not including 401ks (prob another $40k), this is all money we have saved and we do not have family funds to lean on, could sell various assets for maybe another $20-30k - Languages: beginner Spanish + Chinese | beginner Spanish + intermediate Chinese - both open to learning new languages - Preferences: cooler climate is a major one - preferably for most of the year below 70 degrees and (a nice to have) some proximity to ski resorts (2-4 hr drive/train/flight), hybrid or remote work would be nice but understand slim likelihood and general RTO trends, would rather not renounce US citizenship, we are also both multi-racial (Asian + Latino presenting) so somewhere more friendly to minorities is preferred - Options we have considered and ruled out/would not work for us: - citizenship by descent (could likely do Colombia and get dual citizenship quite easily to have a non U.S. passport if that matters esp as more people are looking to move out of the U.S. but Spanish is not at a professional level and not a desired country for us to live, not eligible for other countries of descent + not Jewish) - DAFT: we do not have small business and unlikely to create one - Other: no criminal records, have a dog, both open to getting TEFL but aware that few countries have that as a pathway to permanent residency (which we are generally unsure about), open to getting masters degrees as well - Initial countries of interest: most countries in EU, UK, Japan, South Korea, Canada - have seen that we can go to Albania for one year w/o visa which we are also open to but generally envisioning somewhere to live longer than a year